BASE STATION, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD OF THE SAME, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING THEREOF

• US 20160234763A1
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Published: 08/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: UM, Jung Sun, JUNG, Hoi Yoon, PARK, Seung Keun, YOO, Sung Jin
• Application Number:
  US15/017,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234763A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

An exemplary embodiment of the present information discloses a base station which transmits a discovery reference signal (DRS) in an unlicensed band, including: a transmission control unit which sets different timings to transmit the DRS for each of a plurality of channels; and a communication unit which transmits the DRS to the outside through the plurality of channels based on the set timing.

Claims

1. A base station which transmits a discovery reference signal (DRS) in an unlicensed band, the base station comprising:

a transmission control unit which sets different timings to transmit the DRS for each of a plurality of channels; and

a communication unit which transmits the DRS to the outside through the plurality of channels based on the set timing.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the transmission control unit sets the different timings in a signal transmission period which is set for the plurality of channels.

3. The base station of claim 2, wherein the transmission control unit sets a time offset to determine a timing at which the DRS is transmitted in the signal transmission period.

4. The base station of claim 3, wherein the transmission control unit sets the time offsets to be different from each other for each of the plurality of channels.

5. The base station of claim 2, wherein the plurality of channels has the same signal transmission period.

6. A signal transmitting method of a base station which transmits a discovery reference signal (DRS) in an unlicensed band, the method comprising:

setting different timings to transmit the DRS for each of a plurality of channels; and

transmitting the DRS to the outside through the plurality of channels based on the set timings.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein in the setting of different timings to transmit the DRS for each of a plurality of channels, the different timings are set in a signal transmission period set for the plurality of channels.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein in the setting of different timings to transmit the DRS for each of a plurality of channels, a time offset to determine a timing at which the DRS is transmitted in the signal transmission period is set.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein in the setting of different timings to transmit the DRS for each of a plurality of channels, the time offsets are set to be different from each other for each of the plurality of channels.

10. A communication system including a base station which transmits a discovery reference signal (DRS) in an unlicensed band, the communication system comprising:

a first base station which transmits a first DRS to the outside at different timings for each of a plurality of channels; and

a second base station which transmits a second DRS to the outside at a timing which is different from that of the first DRS, through the same channel as the plurality of channels of the first base station.

11. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the first base station transmits the first DRS to the outside in a signal transmission period which is set for the plurality of channels and the second base station transmits the second DRS to the outside for the plurality of channels in the signal transmission period.

12. The communication system of claim 11, wherein the first base station transmits the first DRS to the outside at a first timing of a first channel and transmits the first DRS to the outside at a timing apart from the first timing of a second channel by an inter-freq. Discovery reference signal Measurement Timing Configuration (DMTC) period.

13. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the second base station transmits the second DRS to the outside at a second timing of the first channel and transmits the second DRS to the outside at a timing apart from the second timing of the second channel by the inter-freq. Discovery reference signal Measurement Timing Configuration (DMTC) period.

14. The communication system of claim 13, wherein the second base station sets a second time offset to determine the second timing and the second time offset is determined based on the signal transmission period and physical cell identity (PCI) of the second base station.

15. The communication system of claim 12, wherein inter-freq. DMTC period is determined based on the signal transmission period and the number of the plurality of channels.

16. The communication system of claim 12, wherein the first base station sets a first time offset to determine the first timing and the first time offset is determined based on the signal transmission period and the PCI of the first base station.

17. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the first DRS or the second DRS includes physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) information or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) information.

18. The communication system of claim 17, wherein the first DRS or the second DRS is multiplexed with the PDCCH information or the PDSCH information in the subframe.

19. The communication system of claim 18, wherein the first DRS or the second DRS is multiplexed with the PDCCH information or the PDSCH information in subframe 0 or subframe 5.

20. The communication system of claim 10, wherein the first DRS or the second DRS is configured by 12 OFDM symbols or 13 OFDM symbols.